Why do Fevers get Worse at Night?

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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. If you’ve ever noticed that being sick often sucks more at night, that wasn’t your imagination. Fevers do often rise at night! Why do our bodies do that? Is there a reason we have to suffer more? Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/hypothalamus accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?sectionid=192011177&bookid=2129&Resultclick=2 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK331/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10548871 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK331/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK324/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786079/ www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/neutrophil www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-a-fever/ www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20352759 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/07420528.2013.782315 www.nature.com/articles/s41577-018-0008-4 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2795539/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104468/ www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034111000256 journals.lww.com/nursingresearchonline/Citation/1985/11000/Circadian_Rhythms__Basis_for_Screening_for_Fever.21.aspx scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1084&context=theses Image Sources: www.videoblocks.com/video/asian-woman-sick-alone-sleeping-at-sofa-with-blanket-video-rzcdnv6gmjibu0sw3 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suprachiasmatic_nucleus_-_Superior_view.png www.videoblocks.com/video/time-lapse-of-the-hands-of-a-retro-alarm-clock-moving-forward-rccdauq8fjdf9tfbu phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=19135

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